COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 30, 31, 34, 38, 47, 52, 56, 260, 264, 340, 341, BILLS PROVIDING BENEFITS FOR SERVICE-CONNECTED RECOGNIZING WAAC SERVICE FOR PURPOSE MARCH 31, APRIL 1, 2, AND 6, 1954 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs LIB. Pages of all hearings are numbered cumulatively to permit a COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS EDITH NOURSE ROGERS, Massachusetts, Chairman BERNARD W. (PAT) KEARNEY, New York E. ROSS ADAIR, Indiana WILLIAM L. SPRINGER, Illinois JOHN P. SAYLOR, Pennsylvania PETER FRELINGHUYSEN, JR., New Jersey ALBERT W. CRETELLA, Connecticut OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas W. J. BRYAN DORN, South Carolina GEORGE S. LONG, Louisiana HARLAN HAGEN, California D. R. (BILLY) MATTHEWS, Florida Shapiro, Dr. H. D., senior medical consultant_ Page 4713-4740 4713-4740 4713-4740· Stevens, Charles W., assistant director, national rehabilitation - 4713-4740 Clark, Omer, W. (See DAV.) Cochrane, George W., letter of. Compensation table, disability- Compensation, veterans receiving via rate of disability. Davis, Hon. James C., statement of.. Department of the Army, reports_- Department of Labor, reports_- Department of State, reports... Disabled American Veterans: Cash, Chester, assistant director of claims__ Downer, Adin M. (See VFW.) Dyess, Dr. W. B. (See Veterans' Administration.) Eastern Paralyzed Veterans' Association, statement of Fino, Hon. Paul A., letter of.. 4740-4743 4675 4756-4758, 4792 4670, 4710, 4727, 4762 4672-4673 4797-4798 4802-4803 4674 4615-4619 4578-4579 4553-4554 4763-4771 4763-4771 4763-4771 4803 4679, 4684, 4771 4699 4685-4687 4672 Hosmer, Hon. Craig, statement of, and correspondence__ 4689-4696. Howell, Hon. Charles R., letters of.. 4673-4674 Income limitation on pensions--- 4789-4790 Inman, Edward K., editor, National Tribune, letter of McCarthy, Hon. Eugene J., statement of McGee, Morris G. (See Eastern Paralyzed Veterans' Association).... 4696-4699 4671 4684-4685 4684-4685, 4719-4722, 4739, 4775 Overholser, Dr. Winfred, Superintendent, St. Elizabeths Hospital. - 4759-4762 Pension criteria_ Perkins, Hon. Carl D., statement of Psychosis presumption. 4779-4780 4722-4727, 4759-4762, 4775 Reed, Hon. Daniel A., statement of Saylor, Hon. John P. 4680-4684 4708-4709 4684, 4698, 4699, 4701, 4705-4708, 4726 4759-4763, 4766, 4767, 4769-4772, 4796, 4798-4806, 4808, 4811 Secrest, Hon. Robert T. 4679, 4680, 4696, 4707, 4710, 4739, 4743, 4744, 4748, 4750, 4753, 4755, 4808-4811 Shapiro, Dr. H. D. (See American Legion.) 4699-4701 Suder, Harry L. (See United Indian War Veterans, U. S. A.) Uniform pensions- United Indian War Veterans, U. S. A., address of National Commander and correspondence_. Ute Indian campaigns. Van Zandt, Hon. James E., statement of __ Veterans' Administration: Stevens, Charles W. (See American Legion.) 4676-4679 4717, 4751-4752, 4784-4785, 4806, 4812, 4813 4691-4693 4689-4693 4706-4707 Bernstein, Howard, Director, Legislative Projects Service III___ 4772-4811 Downer, Adin M., assistant director, national rehabilitation serv- Ketchum, Omar B., director, national rehabilitation service.... 4743-4755 4805 4805 4676-4679, 4699, 4729-4730, 4735-4796, 4810 4743-4755 WAAC, service in War Department: Edward F. Witsell, Major General, the Adjutant Gen- 4548-4549 Whitten, Hon. Jamie L., statement of.. 4713-4714 Witsell, Maj. Gen. Edward F. (See War Department.) 4757-4758 COMPENSATION AND PENSION BILLS FOR VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in room 356, Old House Office Building, Hon. Edmund P. Radwan, chairman of the subcommittee, presiding. Mr. RADWAN. The subcommittee will come to order. We are meeting this morning to open hearings on some 70 compensation and pension bills now pending before the Subcommittee on Compensation and Pensions. In the last session, this committee considered several compensation bills and recommended action to the full committee. At the same time, it was agreed that no action would be taken by the subcommittee on non-service-connected bills until the service-connected bills had been disposed of. It therefore seemed appropriate to proceed at this time with all the bills pending before the subcommittee which have thus far had no action. Without objection, I will insert at this point the bills, as well as the reports from the Veterans' Administration. (The bills and reports referred to are as follows:) WAAC BILLS [H. R. 56, 83d Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To define service as a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps as active military service under certain conditions Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That active service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps on or after May 14, 1942, and before September 1, 1943, shall be deemed to be active military service: Provided, That there was subsequent active military service in the Women's Army Corps established pursuant to the provisions of the Act of July 1, 1943 (Public Law 110, Seventy-eighth Congress): Provided further, That compensation or pension payable under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration by virtue of provisions of this Act shall not be paid concurrently with payments of United States employees' compensation based upon such service. Where a person who is eligible for compensation or pension under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration is also eligible for the benefits of the Employees' Compensation Act, such person shall elect which benefit be received. [H. R. 1078, 83d Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To provide that persons who served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, under certain conditions, shall be deemed to have been in the active military service for the purposes of laws administered by the Veterans' Administration Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any person who served for a period of ninety days, or more, in any capacity in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps between 4499 |